Kam GMX7

Sampling DJ mixer

It's new, it's one of the cheapest MIDI switching boxes available, and it's designed and built in this country. Simon Trask assesses the argument for buying British.

Studio Test

Richard Walmsley on another contender for the 'small is beautiful' stakes

For Control Voltage Interfaces

The Boss DC2 stereo chorus pedal gives the same effects as the highly acclaimed Roland Dimension D but at a fraction of the cost.

Tips on using Cubase

Sawtooth Processor, Graphic Oscillator

Dbx 563X

The latest addition to the dbx range of half-rack studio processors is the 563X Silencer, a handy device for removing 'hiss' from recordings or even digital samples. Gareth Stuart puts it to the test.

Would you believe that Boss have come up with anew flanger pedal, the HF2?

ZX Spectrum Synth Controller

Inside info — inside gear

Recording

Where we sort out and explain carefully a set of technical terms: this month, recording gear

Cassette Multitracker

Policemen look younger, you start to disown parts of your record collection and, just as surely with the passing of time, entry-level cassette multitrackers sprout more inputs and features. Dave Lockwood tries to keep up with the Fostex X28.

Who needs SCI? Billy Cowie has come up with some simple software that enables the Model 64 Sequencer to be programmed in step-time.

Datel Sound Sampler

Datel's Spectrum-compatible Sound Sampler offers a genuine introduction to the techniques of sound sampling. We listen in.

Ben Duncan continues the saga.

Microphone Basics

A rundown on microphone basics.